Cortinarius armillatus (Fr.) Fr. 1838

Cortinarius armillatus Fries, Epicr. Myc. 295. 1838
Agaricus armillatus Fries, Syst. Myc. 1: 214. 1821.
Pileus fleshy, campanulate with a decurved margin, then expanded, 5-12 cm. broad; % surface not truly hygrophanous, tawny-rufescent to red-brick-colored, moist when fresh, innately fibrillose or minutely scaly, with shreds of the universal veil often clinging to the margin, sometimes glabrescent; context rather spongy, not very thick considering its size, dingy-pallid, the odor more or less that of radish, the taste mild; lamellae adnate, sometimes sinuate and uncinate, broad, distant, pale-cinnamon at first, then dark-rusty-brown; stipe 7-14 cm. long, 10-20 mm. thick at the apex, up to 35 mm. thick below, clavate or elongate-bulbous, solid, firm, fibrillose, brownish or pale-tawny-rufescent, encircled by several cinnabar-red zones of bands from the rather membranous, red, universal veil ; cortina at first whitish, collapsing and forming a slight annulus colored by the spores; spores ellipsoid, roughtuberculate, 10-12 X 5-6.5 m," mycelium whitish.
Type locality: Sweden.
Habitat: Among humus and decayed debris, in coniferous forests.
Distribution: New England and Canada to Pennsylvania and Minnesota; also in Europe.